Posted Sep 19, 2022, 1:12 PM
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Originally Posted by mousquet
You've heard of this thing in Milan...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galleria_Vittorio_Emanuele_II
It is small, not large at all compared to a contemporary suburban mall, but I think that's simply the most impressive indoor luxury retail gallery I've ever seen in my lifetime.
There are indoor classy retail galleries that feel more intimate both in Paris and London, but they just don't feel as big or grand as this thing, even though it's kinda small. This is something different.
It is definitely one of the craziest old downtown little malls you could think of. The most pop Italian and French brands have to be there, to sell their things to tourists. |
Naples has the same thing. I went there a few years ago.
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Galleria Umberto I is a public shopping gallery in Naples, southern Italy. It is located directly across from the San Carlo opera house. It was built between 1887–1890, and was the cornerstone in the decades-long rebuilding of Naples—called the risanamento (lit. "making healthy again")—that lasted until World War I. It was designed in the Stile Umbertino by Emanuele Rocco, who employed modern architectural elements reminiscent of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan. The Galleria was named after Umberto I, King of Italy at the time of construction. It was meant to combine businesses, shops, cafés and social life—public space—with private space in the apartments on the third floor.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galleria_Umberto_I
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